{"id":973693,"date":"2019-11-23T08:39:53","date_gmt":"2019-11-23T15:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=917304"},"modified":"2019-11-23T08:39:53","modified_gmt":"2019-11-23T15:39:53","slug":"john-legend-performs-this-christmas-talks-baby-its-cold-outside-controversy-on-fallon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/music-news\/john-legend-performs-this-christmas-talks-baby-its-cold-outside-controversy-on-fallon\/","title":{"rendered":"John Legend Performs \u2018This Christmas,\u2019 Talks \u2018Baby It\u2019s Cold Outside\u2019 Controversy on \u2018Fallon\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-23-at-6.17.45-AM.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/john-legend\/\" id=\"auto-tag_john-legend\" data-tag=\"john-legend\">John Legend<\/a> took over <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/the-tonight-show\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-tonight-show\" data-tag=\"the-tonight-show\">The Tonight Show<\/a> Starring Jimmy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/fallon\/\" id=\"auto-tag_fallon\" data-tag=\"fallon\">Fallon<\/a><\/em> Friday night, with the \u201cSexiest Man Alive\u201d delivering a soulful performance of \u201cThis Christmas\u201d from the deluxe edition of his <em>A Legendary Christmas<\/em>, backed by a brass section and a group of festive backup singers.<\/p>\n<p>The singer also sat down with Fallon to discuss creating his own rendition of \u201cBaby It\u2019s Cold Outside,\u201d which stirred controversy with the public.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j5LD8F3kvmY?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe knew there was some controversy around the original lyrics, and looked at with 2019 eyes, we thought it would be fun to do a new version, make it fun, update the lyrics to be more current. So we talked about ride-sharing servies, and we make a joke like, \u2018Why do you still live at home with your mom?&#8217;\u201d Legend told Fallon. He added that people \u201cwere just so upset that we would mess with that sacrosanct version of the original song\u201d because it\u2019s &nbsp;\u201cpolitical correctness gone too far.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were just having fun,\u201d Legend said.<\/p>\n<p>Legend, who penned the track with <em>Insecure<\/em> star Natasha Rothwell, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/john-legend-a-legendary-christmas-deluxe-904458\/\">wanted to \u201cmodernize\u201d the song\u2019s outdated and controversial lyrics<\/a>, with the male suitor now getting a cab for his female counterpart: \u201cI really can\u2019t stay (Baby it\u2019s cold outside)\/I\u2019ve gotta go away (I can call you a ride)\/This evening has been (So glad that you dropped in)\/So very nice (Time spent with you is paradise)\/My mother will start to worry (I\u2019ll call a car and tell \u2019em to hurry).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, Legend encouraged people to listen to the 1959 Dean Martin version of the track alongside his own.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-contextual-player\">\n<h3> Popular on Rollingstone <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While on <em>Fallon<\/em>, Legend also starred in a musical spoof about a faux Christmas album called <em>Sexiest Elf Alive<\/em>, a riff on Legend being crowned <em>People Magazine<\/em>\u2018s \u201cSexiest Man Alive\u201d this year. The musician performed Christmas hits with a naughty twist like \u201cJingle Bells\u201d where he sang, \u201cJingle bells, Jingle bells Jingle all the way\/Put some tassels on your nips and let them swing away, hey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/syWBSkFmEeY?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/john-legend-this-christmas-baby-its-cold-outside-controversy-fallon-917304\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Legend took over The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Friday night, with the \u201cSexiest Man Alive\u201d delivering a soulful performance of \u201cThis Christmas\u201d from the deluxe edition of his A Legendary Christmas, backed by a brass section and a group of festive backup singers. The singer also sat down with Fallon to discuss creating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-973693","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-13 23:55:41","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KFMU Solar Powered Radio","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=973693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973693\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=973693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=973693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=973693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}